The Saint Paul Seminary is set to begin the 2025-26 academic year with a milestone 106 seminarians, matching the highest enrollment since 1979. This marks a 12-year high for the institution and highlights its growing role as a regional center for priestly, diaconal and lay formation.
The Saint Paul Seminary begins the 2024-25 academic year with an enrollment of 91 seminarians from 19 different dioceses and religious orders.
Justin Shay, principal at Ave Maria Academy in Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been hired as program director for the seminary’s Certificate in Catholic School Leadership. The certificate program alumnus will replace Dr. Pamela Patnode, who has overseen significant growth and impact since joining the seminary in 2021.
It is a rare sight, indeed, to see a woman entering a Catholic seminary with a suitcase in hand.
The Saint Paul Seminary hosted more than 40 teachers from across the country this summer seeking to grow their faith and careers as Catholic school leaders.
The National Eucharistic Revival officially began June 19, 2022 on the Feast of Corpus Christi and will culminate with the 10th National Eucharistic Congress from July 17-21, 2024 in Indianapolis.
For us as Catholics, it is the Eucharist which lies at the heart of every celebration. The Mass is the place, above all others, where we encounter the Lord most intimately in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
Dr. Michael Naughton, director of the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, joined The Saint Paul Seminary Institute for Catholic School Leadership for a discussion of how Catholic education’s past can help us shape its future.
What can St. Thomas as heavenly patron mean for professors and students in their spiritual lives?
Fr. Joseph Johnson, pastor at Holy Family in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, recently spoke at The Saint Paul Seminary on the importance of holistic formation in Catholic education.